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Home Health Aide Training in Maryland

How to become a home health aide in Maryland: the routes that qualify you, who regulates home health agencies in Maryland, pay, free training options, and all 127 state-approved CNA programs, since a CNA certification also qualifies you as a home health aide.

$18.29median hourly pay for Maryland home health and personal care aides

75 hrsminimum home health aide training under federal rules

127state-approved CNA programs listed below

46,560home health and personal care aides working in Maryland

Your route

Two ways to qualify as a home health aide in Maryland

Home health agencies in Maryland are licensed by the Maryland Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality. Medicare and Medicaid agencies must use aides who completed one of the federally approved routes. These are the two most common.

Fastest route

Become a CNA first

CNA

Finish a state-approved CNA program (listed below) and pass the state exam.
Under federal rules, a CNA in good standing on the state registry qualifies as a home health aide for Medicare and Medicaid agencies.
It also lets you work in nursing homes, where Maryland CNAs earn a median $20.79 an hour.

Agency route

Home health aide training

75 hrs

At least 75 hours, including 16 hours of supervised hands-on practice.
Often run by home health agencies, which may train you if they hire you.
Then pass a competency evaluation given by a registered nurse.

Why we list CNA programs: under federal rules, a state-approved CNA program plus good standing on the Maryland nurse aide registry qualifies you as a home health aide. It’s the route that opens the most doors. See our Maryland CNA guide.

The steps

How to become a home health aide in Maryland

The general path for most new aides.

Pick your routeCNA training if you want the most options, or a home health aide course through an agency.
Complete the trainingAt least 75 hours with 16 hands-on, or your state’s CNA hours.
Pass the evaluationA competency evaluation for aides, or the state CNA exam.
Apply to agenciesAgencies check your training and, for CNAs, the state registry before you start.

Keep your hours up. Federal rules require at least 12 hours of in-service training a year, and if you go 24 months in a row without paid aide work, you must retrain.

Home health aide vs. CNA

Home health aide or CNA in Maryland?

The two jobs overlap, but the settings and pay differ.

	Home health aide	CNA
Where you work	Clients’ homes, through home health and hospice agencies	Nursing homes and hospitals
Training	75 hours federal minimum, or a CNA certification	State-approved CNA program
Official record	Your agency’s training and competency records	The Maryland nurse aide registry
Median pay (MD)	$18.29 an hour*	$20.79 an hour

*Federal pay data groups home health aides with personal care aides. About 46,560 of them work in Maryland.

Help paying

Free and funded training in Maryland

Ways to cover the cost of training.

Get hired first

Many home health agencies train aides they hire, and nursing homes that hire you can’t charge you for CNA training under federal rules.

Grants and Job Corps

Maryland Workforce (WIOA): Your local American Job Center can pay for approved training if you're unemployed, laid off, or low-income. labor.maryland.gov

State-approved CNA programs in Maryland

All 127 programs from our Maryland CNA guide. Finishing one, passing the exam, and staying in good standing on the state registry also qualifies you as a home health aide for Medicare and Medicaid agencies.

127 programs

Program	City	County	Phone
A New Horizon, LLC	Chestertown		Call the program
A Watchful Eye	Timonium	Baltimore	Call the program
Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center	Rockville	Montgomery	Call the program
Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Allegany College of Maryland	Cumberland	Allegany	Call the program
Allegany Health Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Cumberland	Allegany	Call the program
Allied Health of Maryland	Brentwood	Prince George's	Call the program
AMC Career Institute, LLC	Waldorf	Charles	Call the program
American Health Career Institute	Baltimore	Baltimore	Call the program
American Red Cross	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
Anchorage Healthcare Center	Salisbury	Wicomico	Call the program
Anne Arundel Community College	Arnold	Anne Arundel	Call the program
Aspire School of Learning	Laurel	Prince George's	Call the program
Atlantic General Hospital	Berlin	Worcester	Call the program
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Calvert Manor	Rising Sun	Cecil	Call the program
Autumn Lake Healthcare at Long View	Manchester	Carroll	Call the program
Baltimore Academy of Nursing Assistants	Essex	Baltimore	Call the program
Baltimore City Community College	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
Beacon Institute	Columbia	Howard	Call the program
Bethel HealthCare Institute	Hyattsville	Prince George's	Call the program
Cambridge Nursing Assistant Academy, Gaithersburg	Gaithersburg	Montgomery	Call the program
Cambridge Nursing Assistant Academy, Hyattsville	Hyattsville	Prince George's	Call the program
Care 'Xpert Academy, LLC	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Caroline Center	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
Carroll Community College	Westminster	Carroll	Call the program
Cecil College	North East	Cecil	Call the program
Cedar Care, LLC	Lanham	Prince George's	Call the program
Certified Home Nursing Solutions, LLC	Nottingham	Baltimore	Call the program
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home	Charlotte Hall	Charles	Call the program
Chesapeake College	Wye Mills	Talbot	Call the program
Citizens Care & Rehabilitation Center, Havre de Grace	Havre de Grace	Harford	Call the program
Clinton Healthcare Center	Clinton	Prince George's	Call the program
College of Southern Maryland	La Plata	Charles	Call the program
Community College of Baltimore County, Dundalk	Baltimore	Baltimore	Call the program
Community College of Baltimore County, Essex	Baltimore	Baltimore	Call the program
Community College of Baltimore County, Randallstown	Randallstown	Baltimore	Call the program
Compassionate Academy Inc	Greenbelt	Prince George's	Call the program
Complete Care at Corsica Hills	Centreville	Queen Anne's	Call the program
Coppin State University	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
Crofton Care and Rehabilitation Center	Crofton	Anne Arundel	Call the program
Cumberland Healthcare Center	Cumberland	Allegany	Call the program
Dema's Academy, LLC	Laurel	Prince George's	Call the program
Dennett Road Manor	Oakland	Garrett	Call the program
Developmental Disabilities Administration Potomac Center	Hagerstown	Washington	Call the program
Devlin Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Cumberland	Allegany	Call the program
Dominion Academy Inc.	Lanham	Prince George's	Call the program
Egle Nursing and Rehab Center	Lonaconing	Allegany	Call the program
ELH Nursing Solutions, LLC	Hunt Valley	Baltimore	Call the program
Fomen Nursing Assistant Training Academy, Glen Burnie	Glen Burnie	Anne Arundel	Call the program
Fomen Nursing Assistant Training Academy, Hyattsville	Hyattsville	Prince George's	Call the program
Fort Washington Healthcare Center	Fort Washington	Prince George's	Call the program
Frederick Community College	Frederick	Frederick	Call the program
Frostburg Village Rehab Center	Frostburg	Allegany	Call the program
FutureCare Cherrywood	Reisterstown	Baltimore	Call the program
FutureCare Chesapeake	Arnold	Anne Arundel	Call the program
FutureCare Homewood	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
FutureCare Irvington	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
FutureCare Pineview	Clinton	Prince George's	Call the program
Gandhi Health Care LLC	Pikesville	Baltimore	Call the program
Garrett College	McHenry	Garrett	Call the program
Garrett Regional Medical Center of West Virginia University Medicine	Oakland	Garrett	Call the program
Genesis HealthCare, Fairland Center	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Genesis HealthCare, Franklin Woods Center	Baltimore	Baltimore	Call the program
Genesis HealthCare, Hammonds Lane Center	Brooklyn Park	Baltimore city	Call the program
Genesis HealthCare, Larkin Chase Center	Bowie	Prince George's	Call the program
Genesis Waldorf Healthcare Center	Waldorf	Charles	Call the program
Global Care Institute	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Goodwill Mennonite Home	Grantsville	Garrett	Call the program
Greenbelt Career Institute	Greenbelt	Prince George's	Call the program
Hagerstown Community College	Hagerstown	Washington	Call the program
Harford Community College	Bel Air	Harford	Call the program
Health Beat Academy, LLC	Abingdon	Harford	Call the program
Health Focus Inc.	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
Healthcare Training Solutions, LLC	Temple Hills	Prince George's	Call the program
Heart for Life (HFL) Nursing Assistant Training	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Heritage Care Inc.	Hyattsville	Prince George's	Call the program
Heritage Care Inc.	Rockville	Montgomery	Call the program
Homewood at Williamsport	Williamsport	Washington	Call the program
Homewood Living Frederick	Frederick	Frederick	Call the program
Howard Community College	Columbia	Howard	Call the program
It Works Learning Center, Inc.	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Call the program
Jireh Healthcare Institute	Burtonsville	Montgomery	Call the program
Julia Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center	Hagerstown	Washington	Call the program
Kensington Healthcare Center	Kensington	Montgomery	Call the program
Knowledge First Institute	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Laurelwood Healthcare Center	Elkton	Cecil	Call the program
Lexington Healthcare Training Institute of St. Mary's County	Lexington Park	St. Mary's	Call the program
Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center	Annapolis	Anne Arundel	Call the program
Maryland Center For Adult Training	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
Meritus Medical Center	Hagerstown	Washington	Call the program
Montgomery College	Takoma Park	Montgomery	Call the program
Montgomery College Refugee Training Center	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Moran Nursing & Rehabilitation Center	Westernport	Allegany	Call the program
Morning Star Academy	Gaithersburg	Montgomery	Call the program
Mountain City Rehab Center	Frostburg	Allegany	Call the program
New Destiny Health Career Center	Towson	Baltimore	Call the program
Nightingale School of Allied Health	Gaithersburg	Montgomery	Call the program
NurseOne, Inc.	Lanham	Prince George's	Call the program
Perpetual School of Nursing Assistant	Silver Spring	Montgomery	Call the program
Precise Academy	Reisterstown	Baltimore	Call the program
Prince George's Community College	Upper Marlboro	Prince George's	Call the program
Quality First Career Center	Adelphi	Prince George's	Call the program
Renaissance Health Institute	Waldorf	Charles	Call the program
Sage Point Senior Living	La Plata	Charles	Call the program
Silver Oak Academy	Keymar	Frederick	Call the program
South River Healthcare Center	Edgewater	Anne Arundel	Call the program
Spring Grove Hospital Center	Catonsville	Baltimore	Call the program
St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing Center	Baltimore	Baltimore	Call the program
Stein Academy	Windsor Mill	Baltimore	Call the program
Stella Maris	Timonium	Baltimore	Call the program
Sterling Care at South Mountain	Boonsboro	Washington	Call the program
Sterling Care Bel Air	Bel Air	Harford	Call the program
Sterling Care Bethesda	Bethesda	Montgomery	Call the program
Sterling Care Forest Hill	Forest Hill	Harford	Call the program
Sterling Care Riverside	Belcamp	Harford	Call the program
Sterling Care Rockville	Rockville	Montgomery	Call the program
The Nursing Assistant Academy	Riverdale	Prince George's	Call the program
The Soul of Medicine Training Center	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
TidalHealth	Salisbury	Wicomico	Call the program
Top Knowledge Healthcare Institute	Baltimore	Baltimore city	Call the program
Trinity Nursing Academy, Inc.	Frederick	Frederick	Call the program
Triumph Life Savers	Rockville	Montgomery	Call the program
University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health	Bel Air	Harford	Call the program
Victory Academy & Healthcare Service	Lanham	Prince George's	Call the program
Vision Allied Health Institute	Towson	Baltimore	Call the program
Westminster Healthcare Center	Westminster	Carroll	Call the program
Wor-Wic Community College	Salisbury	Wicomico	Call the program

Tip: ask each program whether it also offers a home health aide add-on. For details, costs, and exam steps, see our Maryland CNA guide.

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FAQ

Maryland home health aide questions

Short answers to what people ask most.

Does Maryland certify home health aides?

Home health aides in Maryland work for home health agencies licensed by the Maryland Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality. Medicare and Medicaid agencies must hire aides who meet the federal training and competency rules. Ask the agency you're applying to which credential it requires.

How do I become a home health aide in Maryland?

The two most common routes are completing a 75-hour home health aide training and competency evaluation, or becoming a CNA. Federal rules count a CNA in good standing on the Maryland nurse aide registry as a qualified home health aide.

How much do home health aides make in Maryland?

The median pay for home health and personal care aides in Maryland is $18.29 an hour, about $38,040 a year, based on the May 2025 federal wage survey. Maryland CNAs earn a median $20.79 an hour.

Can a CNA work as a home health aide?

Yes, for Medicare and Medicaid home health agencies, if the CNA completed a state-approved program and is listed in good standing on the state nurse aide registry.

Do home health aides need yearly training?

Yes. Federal rules require at least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months for aides at Medicare and Medicaid agencies.

Sources: Maryland Department of Health, Office of Health Care Quality; our Maryland CNA guide (state-approved program list); 42 CFR 484.80, Home health aide services; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025. Last checked October 2026. See something out of date? Report a correction.